Teaching Skills Attainment Award with Merit - Level 2

The Teaching Skills Attainment Award with Merit provides recognition to those members of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Ottawa who have shown commitment to the development of their teaching skills through faculty development training and scholarly activities in medical education.

Requirements for the Teaching Skills Attainment Award with Merit

Have accumulated 80 hours of formal Faculty Development Training designed to enhance teaching skills and

Have presented an education workshop for one of the eligible groups as describe below and

Have presented a poster or podium presentation at a national or other high level medical education meeting

Eligible programs

To be eligible, teaching skills programs must meet the following criteria:

have been held in the last 10 years

workshops / sessions must be approved for Mainpro+ credits by the Canadian College of

Family Physicians and / or Section 1 credits by Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada

offered by groups such as:

Faculty Development Program

Canadian Association for Medical Education

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada

College of Family Physicians of Canada (in particular its Section of Teachers)

Specialty organizations

Other events approved by OFD

The TSAA only recognizes training designed to enhance teaching skills which means career development, leadership and other professional development skills will not be taken into account for this award.
Please note that the following programs are not eligible:

programs designed to maintain clinical competence

other general professional development programs (included those related to research skills

development)

programs taken as part of requirements for another program (e.g. a certificate or Master’s

degree in medical education)

The OFD will assess each individual submission on a case by case basis. That being said, exceptions may be made on certain professional development skills when a short reflection demonstrating how the skill is directly related to your teaching included in your submission. The OFD will have the final word on whether or not the submission is accepted.

Application Process

Complete the application form

Include all proof of attendance for each workshops/ session(s) you are attending

Program brochure indicating which session(s) you are claiming with titles, objectives and agendas

Please note that all submissions which do not include any of the documents mentioned above will be deemed incomplete and will not be accepted by the OFD.